A Lake Beneath the Crescent Moon
Subtitle: Some of the History, Legends & Folk Art from around Zürich, Ranging from Prehistoric Times Through the 18th Century...
By: J. Ross Baughman.
Edition: first edition
Series: The Bachmann and Baughman Family Historical Series, vol. IV
Publisher: Shenandoah History Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Edinburg, Virginia
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Swiss history and folk art; Bachmann & Baughman family histories; Hiestand family history; Ringger & Rinker family histories; Strickler family history
Genres: Art History; Reference; Genealogy
First sentence: Long before there was a Jerusalem, there was a widespread Church of the Moon, one that studied and praised the rhythm of heaven and of all life.  According to ancient Germans who carried the faith, every being was filled with slightly more good than evil.
Description: Table of Contents

chapter i: The Persistent Man in the Moon  .. page 2

chapter ii:  The Earliest Trace of Swiss Bachmans, 1271-1455   .. page 22

chapter iii:  	The Registry of Names Along Reid Brook, 	1455-1800   .. page 40

chapter iv: 	Legends of the Swiss Highland and Wädenswil Castle   .. page 62

chapter v:  	The Foodways from Early Times   .. page 74

chapter vi: 	A Gallery of Old Zürich, 	1300-1775   .. page  85

chapter vii:  New Homelands, 1530-1750   .. page  158

epilogue:  Notes from America, 1715-1865   .. page  172
	
	
reference  section

Maps ..  page 200

Appendices A - G ..  page 213
   	The Blueberry Bachmanns; The Wilderness Trust of Richterswil; Swiss Sources;
	The Standing Stones; Baughman Historical Society Report; In Memoriam; Attacks on the Moon 

Additions and Corrections to Earlier Research  ..  page 236

Bibliography and A Guide to Footnoted Sources  ..  page 241

Index ..  page 246


Illustrations


Moonlight on the Lake	frontis
The Lakeshore Artist	vii
The Bachmann Horn	x

c h a p t e r   i 

Old Towns by Lake Zürich	2
The Futhark Ruins	3
The Ancient German Forest	4
Hats from the Grave	5
Ceramic Horn Motif	5
Swiss Lakeside Village	6
Cuneiform	7
Golden Bull of Ur	8
Crowned by Horns	9
Migration to the Alps	10
Golden Bowl and Moon Icons	11
Halstatt Daggers	12
Sacrifice to the Graven Altar	  13
Offering to the Crescent Moon	14
Felling the Sacred Oak	15
A Swiss Mother’s Tales	17
Archway moon in 1784	19
The Chair of Wädenswil	20
The Moon in Swiss Heraldry	21

c h a p t e r   ii

Europe’s Oldest Wooden House   22  
Signature of the Emperor   23
A Noble Couple with Falcon	24
The Unanimous Vote	26
William Tell	27
A Healing Visit	28
The Cantons United	29
The Headquarters at Bubikon   30
The Seal of Zürich 	31
The Sihl River Gorge  32
Fruit Market in Zug	33
Paths to Einsiedeln	34
Defending the Sihl River Bridge   37
Ravaging a Swiss Village   38
Peace Brokered on Lake Zürich   39

c h a p t e r  iii

Upper Meierhof	 40
Wädenswil Castle	42
The Commanders of St. John   43
Vineyard Work	44
The Grape Harvest	45
The New Wädenswil Palace	46
Magistrate of Wädenswil	47
The View Beyond Meierhof	48
Lakeshore of Richterswil	49
Diagram of Old Castle Ruins	50
Diagram of a Swiss Farmhouse	51
The Hills by Laubegg	52
An Iron Stag Hinge	53
Hospitality at The Bath	53
The Old Wise Woman	54
A Swiss Miller’s House	55
The Devil Consults his List	57
Witch Burning	58
A Zürich Taler from 1558	61
	
c h a p t e r   iv 

The Interrupted Tale  62
A Musician from Wädenswil	65
A Moon Above the Castle	  66
Artifacts from Old Castle	  67
The Wädenswil Ruins	68
A Maypole	70
The Circle Motifs	70
A Swiss Mask	71
A Visit on Christmas Eve	72
Gathering of Swiss Spinners	73

c h a p t e r   v  

Farmhouse Supper Time   74
The Forbidden Fruit	 75
Apple Peeling	76
A Swiss Dairyman	79
A Butcher	80
Redware Design	81
Canteen Drinking	82
Beehives	83
Shared Milk Soup	84
A Toast	85

c h a p t e r    6
	
A Swiss Peddler of Pictures	86
The Plowman’s Reward	90
Master of the Kitchen	91
A Swiss Barber	92
Removing Lice with a Brush	93
The Harvester of July	94
Peasants Seek Entry into Zürich 	95
Travelers Returning from Bern	96
Woodsmen in Canton Zürich	97
Everyday Life Under the Zodiac	98
Lute and Zither in the Garden	99
The Castle Tower Goes Up	100
Executions from the Tower	101
A Citizen-Soldier Joins Up	102
Pikemen Hold off the Invaders	103
A Duel of Armored Knights	104
War Fleet of Canton Zürich	105
The Torch from Rapperswil	106
Lake Zürich Battle	107
Knight’s Prayer	108
Enemy in Battle Formation	109
Swiss Knight Applauds Death	110
Death Watches Over the Lake	111
Columbus’s Journey	112
Fierce Native Americans	113
Looking Eastward at Zürich	114
Zürich Growing	115
Closer Perspective of Zürich	116
View of Lake Zürich	117
The Bloom of Youth & Fashion	118
The Flower Matures	119
The Lakeside Stroll	120
A Swiss Mercenary	121
The Peasant Bladesman	122
Farmers’ Dance	123
A Porter’s Burden	124
The Common Attire of Women	125
Retreat from Marignano	126
Death on the Battlefield	127
Opening the Battle of Kappel	128
The Pitch of Battle	129
Sacking a Village	130
The War Booty	131
A Golden Foot Reliquary	132
Baptism at St. Peter’s Church	133
Church Reformation	134
Swiss Women Attack a Priest	135
A Reformed Church Service	136
Broken on the Wheel	137
Swiss Student Lessons	138
Swimming in Lake Zürich	139
Zürich’s Warship Neptune	140
General Werdmüller	141
Pastor Grob of Wädenswil	141
The Glutton	142
Alpine Tavern	143
Peasant Dresses	144
Swiss Labyrinthe Valentine	145
18th Century Swiss Valentines	146
Ice Skaters on Lake Zürich	147
A Feast & Boys’ Handstand	148
Campsite Supper	149
A Baby’s First Steps	150
Swiss Child’s Play	151
Houseside Conversation	152
A Swiss Basket Weaver	153
The Angels of Death	154
Swiss Farming	155
Trees and Man	156
The Soul of a Tree	157

c h a p t e r    vii

An Anabaptist Weaver	158
Bachman Home at Bottenstein	161
Zofingen’s Anabaptist Debates	162
The Anabaptist Exodus	163
The Palatine Migration	166
A British “Galley” Ship	167
Palatines in London	168
A German/English Lesson	169
Lesson Text	170

e  p  i  l  o  g  u  e

The Bachman Standing Stones	172
Alemannic Jewelry	173
Runic Letters in Virginia	174
The Grave Creek Mound	174
Susquehanna Inscription	175
A Germanic Druid	177
Strickler’s Garden Vorschrift	180
Strickler’s Dragon	181
The Almanac’s Moon	182
The Shooting Competition	184
Award Certificate Detail	185
Swiss Shooting Coins	186
Looking for their Men’s Names	189
Discharge of Colored Troops	196
Little Switzerland in the Ozarks	198

m   a   p   s

The Vinland Map	200
The Fertile Crescent	201
The Swiss Bachman Shields	202
Elevations by Lake Zürich	204
Homeland by Lake Finster	206
Settlement at Laubegg	207
Reid Brook Estates	208
Anabaptist Refuge in Aargau	209
Fairfax Survey	210
Holmans Creek Land	211
Elevations South of Third Hill	212


appendices a-d

View of Richterswil	216
Stone One & Stone Six	220
Location of the Bachman Stones	220
Cultural Center in Shenandoah Valley	232
Demonizing the Moon	234

additions and corrections
bibliography

Attack on St. Meinrad	236
New Amsterdam	240